Average Speed, What's Yours?

[rogerzilla]

It varies from about 13-18mph depending on the weather, the bike, and whether I'm on my own or with company. Fastest is alone in summer (no talking!).

When I used to be in a club that did good Sunday runs (not racers - they were sent off on their own run), the average, as measured by bike computer, was always 15.5mph. So that's a good brisk pace.

 

[fossyant]

Just remember which bike you are going out on. Oh I'll be back in an hour, no you wont, 15 miles on a road bike, maybe, not rough MTB'ing as that can take three hours.

Made that mistake once on a hot day with just 1 bottle.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Pretty average, I think.

 

[Sterlo]

My average for this year is unfortunately 0 (mph or kph take your pick!), before that around the 16-17mph mark, pretty flat roads around here.

 

[All uphill]

Average speed is only important to me in estimating when I'll be home.

I'm remarkably consistent in a range of 11.5 to 13 mph average for rides of 30 to 60 miles alone. I stop frequently for water, views, chats.

 

[vickster]

13-14 mph, suburban so traffic and lights, but pretty flat.
Hills…not so high
Average speed is pretty meaningless, too many variables.
I’m happy if I feel I’ve had a good workout, whatever the numbers

 

[derrick]

Depends on who i ride with, anything between 12mph up to 18mph. lot of variables, wind hills, how many beers i had the night before.

 

[cyberknight]

Commuter heavy road bike loaded works out around 16 mph for the week , yesterday on my latest build on a ribble frame it was 18 mph over 52 miles

 

[potsy]

Since returning to cycling a few weeks ago after a long time away, I'm now up to the giddy heights of 11mph average for the commute to work

Probably only slightly slower than I was when I was a regular cyclist

 

[Dogtrousers]

Lightning fast. Neeeeeeoooow type fast.

 

[Sharky]

Too many variables to give a single answer. I do keep an eye on average speed to monitor progress on my regular loops. On one of my hilly loops of about 12 miles, I was clocking about 11mph in the winter and now as the weather improves can get just over 14mph. One observation though, is that my best times have been on my SS (68" gear), which is nearly always faster than my geared bikes.

But as you probably gather from some of my other posts, I still ride the occasional 10 mile TT and on these events, I can just achieve 20mph.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My average speed is about 120 bpm.

 

[FishFright]

Back in the day my average speed was sulphate

 

[tyred]

Cycling becomes much more enjoyable when you stop worrying about the numbers. Just enjoy the ride

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Uphill or downhill?